Redhawk Caldera one jump ahead of the breadline

*making all kinds of assumptions here* @Finley, if this isn't OK just let me know and I'll edit/delete! <3 Finley helped Rayray with her siblings so much, it only makes sense that she'd return the favor! :D

Raven understood all too well the strain that motherhood put on one, especially in those first months when the puppies demanded attention literally ALL the time. She had absolutely zero regrets about her days nursing and raising her siblings -- it was an experience that had changed her in so many wonderful ways, had taught her so much and had truly made her grow up and understand her priorities. But man. She would not be doing it again anytime soon. That shit had been rough.

And now Finley was dealing with it all over again. She knew this wasn't the alpha's first time raising kids by any means, but the lines in her face and the red edges of her eyes told Raven that her aunt was in serious need of a break. Raven didn't have anything particularly important to do today, so she'd offered to watch the pups for a few hours while Finley took a break and had some time away to herself. The pups had been fed recently, so they would be fine for a while. As Raven affectionately shooed her aunt away, she settled herself amidst the lumpy pile of vaguely wolf-shaped fuzzballs and smiled at just how damned adorable they were. They were all fairly still -- probably sleeping off the milk coma -- but one, the baby girl whose name she thought might be Fiadh, was busily attempting to learn to stand. The dark theta remained still for a time, an idiotically adoring smile stuck on her face as she watched the tiny child do her thing.